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NARA 715

and law abiding were I longer to remain silent
On or about the Second day of May last I had the honor to address an application to you for six men and two non commissioned officers to act as guard over the jail of this County in which were confined some hardened criminals. This application was returned with an order for the removal of three of the prisoners to Fort Macon to be confined there till called for by the Civil Authorities
Some eight or ten prisoners were still left here and since the removal of the above mentioned three viz on the 2nd inst the fiends and accomplices in Crime of those remaining took the law into their own hands and released them from confinement
The threats openly made by these men while in prison and by their accomplices before their release had us to believe that an effort will be made by a strong body of these desperados to rob and burn a large portion of the town
There is no protection here for life or property and we look to you Major as an officer of the Government to see that we obtain relief.
I hope you can bear me witness that for the short time I have held the office of